Article
High prevalence of mutations in the p53 gene in poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinomas in xeroderma pigmentosum patients.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Sept 1995
Matsumura Y, Sato M, Nishigori C, Zghal M, Yagi T, Imamura S, Takebe H
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the p53 gene were analyzed in 23 squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and five basal cell carcinomas from 10 xeroderma pigmentosum patients in Tunisia. Fourteen mutations were detected. Most occurred at the dipyrimidine sequences of DNA, suggesting that they were caused by ultraviolet light. A strong correlation was noted between the presence of the p53 mutations and clinical characteristics such as...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Child
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Molecular Probes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Skin Neoplasms
